Will Stronge
@wstronge.bsky.social
Director of @autonomy-institute.bsky.social
Website: autonomy.work
Co-author, with Helen Hester, of Post-work (2025) and, with Kyle Lewis, of Overtime (2021)
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/postwork-9781350089976/
Website: autonomy.work
Co-author, with Helen Hester, of Post-work (2025) and, with Kyle Lewis, of Overtime (2021)
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/postwork-9781350089976/
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NEW RESEARCH: Givers and takers - to what extent do private companies benefit when they donate to political parties?
The findings are stark.
Link to study here:
autonomy.work/portfolio/gi...
Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Explainer:
The findings are stark.
Link to study here:
autonomy.work/portfolio/gi...
Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Explainer:
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this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.
NEW RESEARCH: Givers and takers - to what extent do private companies benefit when they donate to political parties?
The findings are stark.
Link to study here:
autonomy.work/portfolio/gi...
Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Explainer:
The findings are stark.
Link to study here:
autonomy.work/portfolio/gi...
Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Explainer:
October 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NEW RESEARCH: Givers and takers - to what extent do private companies benefit when they donate to political parties?
The findings are stark.
Link to study here:
autonomy.work/portfolio/gi...
Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Explainer:
The findings are stark.
Link to study here:
autonomy.work/portfolio/gi...
Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Explainer:
Finished this little book from 2017 by @nafeez.bsky.social and it's really insightful.
I'd love to read an updated version, or another book on EROI's relationship to political volatility in 2025.
I'd love to read an updated version, or another book on EROI's relationship to political volatility in 2025.
October 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Finished this little book from 2017 by @nafeez.bsky.social and it's really insightful.
I'd love to read an updated version, or another book on EROI's relationship to political volatility in 2025.
I'd love to read an updated version, or another book on EROI's relationship to political volatility in 2025.
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At a time when patriotism can feel as as contested as ever, this is a bloody lovely ode to so much of what we love about Britain from @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social in @renewaljournal.bsky.social.
Well worth a read 👉 renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
Well worth a read 👉 renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
Mr Blobby patriotism
Over recent weeks I have found myself thinking about the country we live in, what it feels like and what I like, and love, about it.
I guess I found myself thinking about this because of the summer w...
renewal.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
At a time when patriotism can feel as as contested as ever, this is a bloody lovely ode to so much of what we love about Britain from @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social in @renewaljournal.bsky.social.
Well worth a read 👉 renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
Well worth a read 👉 renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
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Our new #UBSHub podcast series exploring 'Public Luxury' has launched ⏳
Here's a taster of an upcoming episode with Hugh Smith from Camden Council talking about their approach to #UBS at the municipal level👇
Listen to the first episode: buff.ly/AWMYSVo
Here's a taster of an upcoming episode with Hugh Smith from Camden Council talking about their approach to #UBS at the municipal level👇
Listen to the first episode: buff.ly/AWMYSVo
August 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Our new #UBSHub podcast series exploring 'Public Luxury' has launched ⏳
Here's a taster of an upcoming episode with Hugh Smith from Camden Council talking about their approach to #UBS at the municipal level👇
Listen to the first episode: buff.ly/AWMYSVo
Here's a taster of an upcoming episode with Hugh Smith from Camden Council talking about their approach to #UBS at the municipal level👇
Listen to the first episode: buff.ly/AWMYSVo
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Almost half of all Scottish workers — 1.3 million jobs — could shift to a #4DayWeek in the next decade 🏴
Our latest report, commissioned by Scottish Government, analyses the potential to reduce working time across the country 👇
buff.ly/BScxBf7
Our latest report, commissioned by Scottish Government, analyses the potential to reduce working time across the country 👇
buff.ly/BScxBf7
September 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Almost half of all Scottish workers — 1.3 million jobs — could shift to a #4DayWeek in the next decade 🏴
Our latest report, commissioned by Scottish Government, analyses the potential to reduce working time across the country 👇
buff.ly/BScxBf7
Our latest report, commissioned by Scottish Government, analyses the potential to reduce working time across the country 👇
buff.ly/BScxBf7
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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Major hikes in food prices are baked in. What should we do about it?
Quick explainer:
Quick explainer:
July 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Major hikes in food prices are baked in. What should we do about it?
Quick explainer:
Quick explainer:
This is tonight in London!
What reform does the UK need around:
Media
Big Tech
Democracy
A LOT to cover. Free wine and soft drinks as standard.
Reserve a spot here: actionnetwork.org/events/forum...
What reform does the UK need around:
Media
Big Tech
Democracy
A LOT to cover. Free wine and soft drinks as standard.
Reserve a spot here: actionnetwork.org/events/forum...
July 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This is tonight in London!
What reform does the UK need around:
Media
Big Tech
Democracy
A LOT to cover. Free wine and soft drinks as standard.
Reserve a spot here: actionnetwork.org/events/forum...
What reform does the UK need around:
Media
Big Tech
Democracy
A LOT to cover. Free wine and soft drinks as standard.
Reserve a spot here: actionnetwork.org/events/forum...
Forum 2029 keeps on developing!
Onto the next one: in person in Bethnal Green on the 16th!
Onto the next one: in person in Bethnal Green on the 16th!
Forum 2029 🚨
Great to continue our event series building a new progressive policy consensus last night, with a fantastic panel on public services 👇
Next event? Weds 16th July (18:30 in-person). More details: buff.ly/1WUz0hh
Great to continue our event series building a new progressive policy consensus last night, with a fantastic panel on public services 👇
Next event? Weds 16th July (18:30 in-person). More details: buff.ly/1WUz0hh
July 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Forum 2029 keeps on developing!
Onto the next one: in person in Bethnal Green on the 16th!
Onto the next one: in person in Bethnal Green on the 16th!
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Labour could find the money it wants without raising taxes. This is austerity by amnesia | Randeep Ramesh
Labour could find the money it wants without raising taxes. This is austerity by amnesia | Randeep Ramesh
Starmer and Reeves need a fresh approach to enact their vision, and I have a plan for that, says Randeep Ramesh, the Guardian’s chief leader writer
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Labour could find the money it wants without raising taxes. This is austerity by amnesia | Randeep Ramesh
As far as real-world final bosses go....
Shell in early talks to buy rival BP to create oil giant – reports
Shell in early talks to buy rival BP to create oil giant – reports
Reported megamerger between supermajors would create British oil company worth more than £200bn
Shell is in early talks with BP over a historic £60bn deal that could create one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, according to reports.
The so-called oil supermajors are reported to be in talks over a potential deal following speculation earlier this year that Shell was considering a bid for its struggling rival. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
As far as real-world final bosses go....
TWO new upcoming Forum 2029 events:
1) Public services: ending austerity logics
Ft.
Anna Coote (New Economics Foundation),
Jamie Driscoll (Majority),
Luke Fletcher MS (Plaid Cymru),
Abby Jitendra (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
actionnetwork.org/events/forum...
1) Public services: ending austerity logics
Ft.
Anna Coote (New Economics Foundation),
Jamie Driscoll (Majority),
Luke Fletcher MS (Plaid Cymru),
Abby Jitendra (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
actionnetwork.org/events/forum...
June 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
TWO new upcoming Forum 2029 events:
1) Public services: ending austerity logics
Ft.
Anna Coote (New Economics Foundation),
Jamie Driscoll (Majority),
Luke Fletcher MS (Plaid Cymru),
Abby Jitendra (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
actionnetwork.org/events/forum...
1) Public services: ending austerity logics
Ft.
Anna Coote (New Economics Foundation),
Jamie Driscoll (Majority),
Luke Fletcher MS (Plaid Cymru),
Abby Jitendra (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
actionnetwork.org/events/forum...
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Did Not Happen of the Year Awards have never usually been cleaned up by a single post, however...
In 3rd place: tin of instant coffee
In 2nd place: Cabbie who is also sociologist of HNW individuals
And in 1st place, drumroll please, the seat on the tube "no man" confrontation
In 3rd place: tin of instant coffee
In 2nd place: Cabbie who is also sociologist of HNW individuals
And in 1st place, drumroll please, the seat on the tube "no man" confrontation
June 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Did Not Happen of the Year Awards have never usually been cleaned up by a single post, however...
In 3rd place: tin of instant coffee
In 2nd place: Cabbie who is also sociologist of HNW individuals
And in 1st place, drumroll please, the seat on the tube "no man" confrontation
In 3rd place: tin of instant coffee
In 2nd place: Cabbie who is also sociologist of HNW individuals
And in 1st place, drumroll please, the seat on the tube "no man" confrontation
Reposted by Will Stronge
🚨BREAKING
HMRC missed out on around £47bn in taxes — from errors, avoidance and evasion— according to its annual "Tax Gap" report, released today.
Here's why that is likely an underestimate, and why the real gap is likely to keep on growing...
🧵1/8
HMRC missed out on around £47bn in taxes — from errors, avoidance and evasion— according to its annual "Tax Gap" report, released today.
Here's why that is likely an underestimate, and why the real gap is likely to keep on growing...
🧵1/8
June 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🚨BREAKING
HMRC missed out on around £47bn in taxes — from errors, avoidance and evasion— according to its annual "Tax Gap" report, released today.
Here's why that is likely an underestimate, and why the real gap is likely to keep on growing...
🧵1/8
HMRC missed out on around £47bn in taxes — from errors, avoidance and evasion— according to its annual "Tax Gap" report, released today.
Here's why that is likely an underestimate, and why the real gap is likely to keep on growing...
🧵1/8
"With every fraction of a degree of warming, the UK will experience hotter, more dangerous heatwaves. That means more heat deaths, more pressure on the NHS, more transport disruptions, and tougher work conditions."
We published 2 papers on exactly this, back in 2023...
We published 2 papers on exactly this, back in 2023...
June 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"With every fraction of a degree of warming, the UK will experience hotter, more dangerous heatwaves. That means more heat deaths, more pressure on the NHS, more transport disruptions, and tougher work conditions."
We published 2 papers on exactly this, back in 2023...
We published 2 papers on exactly this, back in 2023...
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NEW REPORT: 'The New Deal for Working People: Extreme Heat' 🌡️
Two-thirds of the UK workforce could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade❗
Coverage in the Daily Mirror👇
buff.ly/t53m0hr
Two-thirds of the UK workforce could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade❗
Coverage in the Daily Mirror👇
buff.ly/t53m0hr
Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade
www.mirror.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
NEW REPORT: 'The New Deal for Working People: Extreme Heat' 🌡️
Two-thirds of the UK workforce could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade❗
Coverage in the Daily Mirror👇
buff.ly/t53m0hr
Two-thirds of the UK workforce could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade❗
Coverage in the Daily Mirror👇
buff.ly/t53m0hr
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NEW REPORT:
NEW:
"Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above.
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade."
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
"Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above.
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade."
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade
www.mirror.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW REPORT:
Reposted by Will Stronge
remembering the few times the extractors broke at one restaurant i cheffed at, and the owner wouldn’t close despite it being over 40 degrees in the kitchen
NEW:
"Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above.
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade."
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
"Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above.
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade."
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade
www.mirror.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
remembering the few times the extractors broke at one restaurant i cheffed at, and the owner wouldn’t close despite it being over 40 degrees in the kitchen
NEW:
"Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above.
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade."
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
"Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above.
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade."
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade
www.mirror.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
NEW:
"Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above.
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade."
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
"Calls to implement legal maximum temperature that Brits shouldn't work above.
A report by the Autonomy Institute warns that two-thirds of the UK work force could find themselves working in heat waves above 35C by the end of the decade."
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
👍🏻
Very much looking forward to this talk from @wstronge.bsky.social on June 2nd in @uoe-sps.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
👍🏻
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Post-lavoro, un’utopia di libertà jacobinitalia.it/post-lavoro-...
An interview with myself and @wstronge.bsky.social in Jacobin Italia.
An interview with myself and @wstronge.bsky.social in Jacobin Italia.
Post-lavoro, un’utopia di libertà - Jacobin Italia
Helen Hester e Will Stronge parlano della loro ricerca: come operare nella pratica il rifiuto del lavoro, la riduzione dell'orario, il rapporto con le tecnologie, le prospettive di genere e l'importan...
jacobinitalia.it
May 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Post-lavoro, un’utopia di libertà jacobinitalia.it/post-lavoro-...
An interview with myself and @wstronge.bsky.social in Jacobin Italia.
An interview with myself and @wstronge.bsky.social in Jacobin Italia.
This is an excellent intervention - nice work all involved👇🏻
A whopping £160bn - that’s how much could have been raised for our country with a 2% wealth tax on JUST the families on the Sunday Times Rich List.
May 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is an excellent intervention - nice work all involved👇🏻